trimaran
noun
tri·ma·ran
| \ ˈtrī-mə-ˌran
, ˌtrī-mə-ˈran\
, ˌtrī-mə-ˈran\
Definition of trimaran
: a fast pleasure sailboat with three hulls side by side
Examples of trimaran in a Sentence
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His boat, the 40-foot trimaran Teignmouth Electron, was eventually found abandoned with no sign of Crowhurst. — George Ramsay, CNN, "Robin Knox-Johnston: The first man to sail non-stop solo around the world," 10 May 2018 The baseline version of the U.S. Navy's trimarans have only a single, smaller 57-millimeter gun and two 30-millimeter guns. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "China's New Frigate Design Looks Awfully Familiar," 23 Feb. 2017 The voyage At noon on Sunday, June 17, the Race to Alaska participants — a mix of monohulls, catamarans, trimarans, and kayakers — set off from Victoria’s Inner Harbor and effectively said goodbye to civilization. — Alexa Philippou, The Seattle Times, "Sail like a girl: How an all-female team made history and won the 750-mile Race to Alaska," 14 July 2018 The design, as reported by Jane's Defense Weekly, uses a three-hull trimaran design and is more heavily armed than the Independence-class LCS ships. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "China's New Frigate Design Looks Awfully Familiar," 23 Feb. 2017 The behemoth AC72s are about harnessing power while staying upright, a skill Ellison's Oracle team had mastered in 2010, when Oracle's 90-foot wing-sail trimaran trounced Bertarelli's traditional-sail catamaran. — Luke O'brien, Town & Country, "Hot Pursuit," 1 Sep. 2013 Today's solo non-stop around the world record -- 42 days set by Frenchman Francois Gabart in a 100-foot trimaran in 2017 -- is 270 days faster than when Knox-Johnston, now aged 79, first took to the waves. — George Ramsay, CNN, "Robin Knox-Johnston: The first man to sail non-stop solo around the world," 10 May 2018 Nonetheless, Crowhurst managed to persuade a local businessman, Stanley Best, to pay for the building of his trimaran at a Norfolk boatyard. — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, "Donald Crowhurst: Sailor's mystery disappearance inspires two movies," 13 Mar. 2018 Jailed Yachtsman Bryan Pennington will likely spend more time behind bars regardless of the sentence handed down Thursday in federal court on his misdemeanor conviction for anchoring his trimaran in Aquatic Park Cove without a permit. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, "Rogue yachtsman in trouble again for alleged threats at Aquatic Park," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trimaran.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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trimaran
noun
English Language Learners Definition of trimaran
: a boat that has three hulls
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